Who We Are:On Location is a global leader in premium experiential hospitality, offering ticketing, curated guest experiences, live event production and travel management across sports, entertainment, fashion and culture. On Location provides unrivaled access for corporate clients and fans looking for official, immersive experiences at marquee events, including the Olympic and Paralympic Games, FIFA World Cup 2026, Super Bowl, NCAA Final Four, and more. An official partner and/or service provider to over 150 iconic rights holders, such as the IOC (the Milano Cortina 2026 and Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games), FIFA, NFL, NCAA, UFC, WWE, and PGA of America, the company also owns and operates a number of its own unique experiences. On Location is a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company.<div><div><div>The Role and What You’ll Do:  </div><div>We are searching for a talented, motivated and highly detailed Culinary Manager to join our team to help in the planning of amazing experiences for the FIFA World Cup 26™   </div><div> </div><div>As a Culinary Manager you are responsible to support the Back of House, Food & Beverage Management team in the day-to-day operation by performing certain tasks, whereby your role will include key responsibilities such as:  </div><div><ul><li>Menu Strategy & Development: Design and execute a comprehensive menu rotation and development plan that supports FIFA World Cup 26™ goals, ensuring consistency, cultural relevance, and quality across all venues. </li></ul></div></div><div><div><ul><li>Culinary Collaboration & Tasting Guidelines: Partner with culinary teams to oversee tasting sessions, including setting criteria, managing logistics, capturing feedback, and tracking actions for refinement. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Menu Approval & Finalization: Lead the end-to-end process for final menu approvals, aligning offerings with guest expectations, FIFA standards, and operational feasibility. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Signage & Translation Programs: Oversee the menu signage program to ensure clear, compliant, and branded guest-facing materials. Manage the menu translation tracker to guarantee multilingual accuracy across all offerings. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Compliance & Sustainability: Monitor food safety, health regulations, and sustainability practices across F&B operations to ensure guest safety and regulatory compliance. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Budget Oversight & Guest Experience: Manage budgets and costs while driving guest satisfaction through innovative menu design, efficient service, and continuous improvement based on stakeholder feedback. </li></ul></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Other Duties & Responsibilities  </div><div>This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of the employee's activities, duties, or responsibilities for this job.  Duties, obligations, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.  </div><div>  </div><div>   </div><div>You Have These:  </div><div><ul><li>Bachelor's degree in culinary arts, Food Science, or a related field preferred. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Executive Chef, Sous Chef, or Production Manager experience strongly preferred, with a focus on operational execution and team leadership. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Minimum 5 years’ experience in menu strategy and development within large-scale, multi-venue hospitality or event environments, ideally international sporting events or festivals </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Proven track record collaborating with culinary teams to lead tasting programs, including setting evaluation criteria, managing logistics, gathering feedback, and driving menu refinements. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Demonstrated ability to manage the end-to-end menu approval process, ensuring alignment with brand standards, guest expectations, and operational feasibility. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Experience overseeing menu signage and translation programs, ensuring clear, compliant, and culturally appropriate guest-facing materials across multiple languages. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Strong knowledge of regulatory compliance and sustainability practices in food and beverage operations. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Solid financial management skills, including budget oversight, cost control, and menu cost optimization while maintaining high quality and innovation in guest offerings. </li></ul></div></div><div><div><ul><li>Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams and external partners.  </li></ul></div><div> </div><div>We’d Love If You Also Have These:   </div><div><ul><li>Flexibility and positive attitude to work long days, evenings, weekends and holidays when necessary  </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Must be adaptable with work and travel schedule and be available to travel for work during holidays.  This position may require up to 30-40% travel.  </li></ul></div><div>  </div><div>  </div><div>How we work:   </div><div>Endeavor is at the center of sports, media, entertainment, and fashion and is a largely relationship-based business. To foster an environment of collaboration, develop our future talent, and build on relationships across leadership, peers, and teams, we work from the office 4 days per week. We see immeasurable value internally and throughout the core of the businesses we support.   </div><div>  </div><div>Don’t meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.   </div></div></div>Per local requirements and in the interest of transparency, the range shown below reflects the prevalent current hiring range for this position. Hiring pay rates are based on a number of factors, including location and may vary depending on job-related qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience. The company strives to provide locally competitive rewards packages, which include base rate along with, as applicable, short- and long-term incentives, growth and developmental opportunities, and robust benefits, such as health care, retirement, vacation and other paid time off, and additional offerings. Hiring Range Minimum:$71,250 annuallyHiring Range Maximum: $95,000 annually

Culinary Manager, F&B - FIFA World Cup 26™

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